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Chicxulub crater

prehistoric impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico
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Chicxulub crater
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Summary

Chicxulub crater is an impact crater[1]. It ranks in the top 0.087% of impact crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69,153 views/month, #1 of 1,147).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Yucatán[3]
  • Country: Mexico[4]
  • Commons category: Chicxulub crater[5]
  • Inception: -66000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[6]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1981[7]
  • Coordinate location: 21.4, -89.516666666667[8]
  • Has cause: Chicxulub impactor[9]
  • Commons gallery: Chicxulub[10]
  • Diameter: 180[11]

Why It Matters

Chicxulub crater has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Mexico

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · GregMcCollum · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fast id → 1279023
    Idref id → 087638894
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Idref id: 087638894, add P269 claim: 087638894"
  2. 19w ago · Vojtěch Dostál · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nl cr aut id → ge1102960
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Nl cr aut id: ge1102960, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/148274327|Chicxulubský kráter (Mexiko) (#148274327)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5735|NK"
  3. 22w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at url: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/chicxulubsky-krater/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk"
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